CATLINITE MEDICINE WHEEL+NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN+REGALIA
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The Medicine Wheel its most simplistic definition, the Medicine Wheel is a symbol of ALL creation, of all races of people, birds, fish, animals, trees, and stones. It's shape is that of a wagon wheel, made of stones. The circular shape of the wheel represents the earth, the sun, the moon, the cycles of life, the seasons, and day to night. Movement around the perimeter of the Medicine Wheel is in a clockwise direction, the rotation path of the earth. At the center of the wheel, at the hub, is Creator, who sits in perfect balance. Outside the center, t is an inner circle representing the Old Woman (the earth), Father Sun, Grandmother Moon, and the four elements. Four distinct rock mounds, set in the four directions, lay on the perimeter, separated by stones representing the moon's cycles. Stones, laid from the perimeter, in straight lines, to the center (the spokes of the wheel) represent spiritual paths, leading us to the center, to perfect balance, to the Creator. The meaning of the number four, as it is in Native American life, is evident in the Medicine Wheel. Four?four directions, the four Grandfathers, four worlds, four winds, four elements (earth, air, water and fire) and the four races of man. The wheel also teaches the four aspects of our nature?physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.The easterly direction on the Medicine
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